Presentation Topic and Organization

Narrated PowerPoint for Presentations

As part of this course, you are required to deliver a graded oral presentation for this course. To do so, you will deliver your presentation to your audience through use of the audio narration feature built in to Microsoft PowerPoint. You need a microphone and computer speakers to make the recording.

Creating the Narrated PowerPoint

To create and record your PowerPoint audio presentation:

· Open MS PowerPoint 2016, create your PowerPoint slides, and then save them.

· You should review this tutorial before proceeding: Microsoft Tutorial for  PowerPoint 2016  (Links to an external site.)

· Make sure you have your microphone correctly setup before continuing to the next step. See your computer’s Control Panel to configure your microphone. Tip: Set the volume control between 85-90% volume. If your microphone is set at 100%, you might experience overmodulation or feedback.

· Click on the "Record Slide Show" option.

· A pop-up window will appear. The default settings in this window are sufficient. Click on "Start Recording" to continue.

· The PowerPoint Slide Show will start automatically. Speak into your microphone to record your audio.

· When you finish recording, you will notice a small icon that looks like a speaker on the slide. By clicking this icon, you will be able to listen what you have recorded. Listen to your first slide after you have recorded it. Make necessary adjustments in your voice diction and volume, your microphone settings, etc., before moving on to the following slides.

· Note: To avoid sound loss, do not talk between the slide transitions. Each slide is recorded separately.

· To hear the whole presentation from start to finish, start slide show mode and it will automatically play all of the slides. Compare your voice and volume levels on all slides. Adjust for uniformity by re-recording slides as necessary.

· Remember to save your PowerPoint file as a standard .pptx file before continuing to the next step

· Next, you will need to save your PowerPoint again, this time as a "PowerPoint Show (.ppsx)" file. This is different than saving a standard PowerPoint file - a PowerPoint Show is the narrated slideshow, rather than the original file. To do this:

· Click on the "file" menu.

· Then, choose "Save As" and look for "PowerPoint Show" in the "Save as Type" drop down menu.

· After the file has been saved, open it, listen to and watch your presentation using the "PowerPoint Show" (ppsx) file. If you want to make changes, open the original PowerPoint file and record again. You can re-record individual slides; there is no need to re-record the entire presentation unless you prefer to do so.

When you have finished, save the presentation as a Show (ppsx) file again and submit your assignment.